Category: Canadian Border Service Agency

MPs Vote to Investigate Government Funds Used at Illegal Border Crossing

October 4, 2022
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MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee voted during a meeting on Oct. 3 to launch an investigation into public funds used to build infrastructure at the illegal border crossing of Roxham Road in Quebec. “We’re talking about spending over the past five years of half a billion dollars around Lacolle and Roxham Road,”…

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Prairie Premiers, Governors Urge Canada, US to Keep Border Crossings Open Longer

October 3, 2022
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Canada’s Prairie premiers and two U.S. governors want their respective countries to restore pre-pandemic operating hours at entry points along their shared land border. The group of provincial and state leaders have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden to argue that curtailed hours at border crossings are hurting the economy. The…

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Expect Serious Delays at Border Due to Staff Shortages If Travel Levels Rise: Union

September 27, 2022
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The head of a union representing Canada’s customs and immigration officers says chronic staffing shortages mean long waits at the border won’t necessarily disappear when use of the controversial ArriveCan app soon becomes optional. Mark Weber, national president of the Customs and Immigration Union, warns that if travel volumes start to increase substantially there will…

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Canadian Border Workers Vote in Favour of Striking as Soon as Aug. 6, Union Says

July 27, 2021
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Canadians could be facing mail disruptions and slowdowns at the border with the United States next month after members of a union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees voted in favour of striking, jeopardizing the federal government’s reopening plans. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union announced Tuesday…

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